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Fridley City Charter Chapter 7 Section 7.09 01/22/2018 Section 7.06. ENFORCEMENT OF THE BUDGET. It shall be the duty of the city manager to enforce the provisions of the budget in accordance with the City Council budget resolution and other financial policies of the City. No officer or employee of the City shall place any orders or make any purchases except for the purposes and to the amounts authorized in the budget resolution. Any obligation incurred by an officer or City employee for any purpose not authorized in the budget resolution or for any amount in excess of the amount appropriated in the budget resolution or in excess of available moneys in any fund of the City may be considered a personal obligation upon the person incurring the expenditure. (Ref. Ord. 857, 1352) Section 7.07. ALTERATIONS IN THE BUDGET. After the budget has been duly adopted, the Council shall not have power to increase the amounts therein fixed in the budget resolution, whether by the insertion of new items or otherwise, beyond the estimated revenues, unless the actual receipts shall exceed such estimates, and in that event, not beyond such actual receipts. The Council may at any time, by resolution passed by a vote of at least four (4) members of the Council, reduce the sums appropriated for any purpose by the budget resolution or authorize the transfer of sums from the unexpended balances of the budget to other purposes. (Ref. Ord. 946, 1352) Section 7.08. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION IN THE BUDGET. 1. The Council shall have power to establish an emergency appropriation as a part of the budget, but not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total budget. Transfers from the emergency appropriation to any other appropriation shall be made only by a vote of at least four (4) members of the Council. 2. The sums transferred to the several departments or divisions shall be considered as a part of such appropriations and shall be used only for the purposes determined by the city manager and approved by the Council. (Ref Ord 1345) Section 7.09. LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. In accordance with Minnesota State Law, the Council shall levy by resolution the taxes necessary to meet the requirements of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The tax levy resolution must be certified to the county in accordance with state law. A statement of all the taxes levied, and such taxes shall be collected and the payment thereof be enforced with and in like manner as state and county taxes. No tax shall be invalid by reason of any informality in the manner of levying the same, nor because the amount levied shall exceed the amount required to be raised for the special purpose for which the same is levied, but in that case the surplus shall go into a suspense fund, and shall be used to reduce the levy for the ensuing year. (Ref. Ord. 625, Ord. 946, Ord 1345)